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so it's very important that they have the correct numbers (because the numbers in the list correspond to numbers on the map) otherwise it won't make sense. so in that case it's either keep it all in one list (but then the headings are going to have to be part of the list items which in itself is semantically wrong) or not use html lists, and just generate one myself.

there's five turnings, each numbered 1 to 5 on the map. the items in the list/lists *have* to correspond with those otherwise there's no point in it; it's meaningless. the numbers have to be unique -- in otherwords they're one list.

anyway, i'll just make the lists out of paragraphs or whatever. thanks.

and then the list as i said: 1 - 5 corresponding to the numbers in the map. but there's different sections to the list (to indicate which roads the turnings are off -- like in post #3 above) -- hence the subheadings in amongst the list.

I'd say the numbers are content. You should put the numbers within your LIs as content and not use list markers.

It appears you are using the numbers as labels to match up text descriptions (within lists) to corresponding labels on a map. In this case, the items in your list don't have to be in any particular order, it only matters that the labels on the descriptions match the label on the map. I'd use an UL for each set of descriptions, and put the label (the number) within the content of each LI.

yup thanks. yup the numbers are content definitely. would have been good if they could have been generated automatically in html though. start on ol would have done exactly what was required. not to worry.

i think i'm going to use definition lists rather than unordered lists and have in the dt's an image containing a round blue circle and white number like in the map